Strasbourg, 15/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - Despite the failure of the Greens' efforts to have the vote on José Manuel Barroso's candidacy for re-appointment delayed, Greens/EFA leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit seemed very relaxed on Tuesday 15 September on the sidelines of the plenary session in Strasbourg. Speaking to press, he said that “the process for Barroso and the Commission” would not stop with Wednesday's vote. The democratic debate would continue with the hearings of commissioners designate and the vote on the Commission as a whole. Strengthening the democratic nature of this procedure was the most important thing. “We know we are not in the majority,” he said, highlighting that it had to be recognised that “in a democracy, you can lose”. It is without hesitation that the Greens would vote against Barroso on Wednesday, he said. One thing that was clear, according to Cohn-Bendit, was that “if Barroso is elected under Treaty of Nice rules, the Commission will have to be formed before the Lisbon Treaty comes into force”. He compared the situation with a football match: “You cannot play the second half according to different rules from the first”. “In the coming weeks, Barroso's biggest concern will be to form his Commission” and the G20 and the Copenhagen conference will be pushed into the background, despite what we are being led to believe, he said. (O.J./transl.rt)